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As New Zealand's largest telecommunications and digital services company, Spark's purpose is to help all of New Zealand win big in a digital world. We provide mobile, broadband, and digital services to millions of New Zealanders and thousands of New Zealand businesses. 

We operate in an exciting and constantly evolving industry, where the pace of change brings new and unique challenges every day, so we operate using Agile ways of working to allow us to meet the fast-changing needs of our customers. Agile replaces the traditional hierarchical organisational structure to produce a transparent, collaborative environment with highly productive teams who are empowered to deliver better outcomes for our customers, communities, and all of New Zealand. 

About the Role: 

We are looking for a Finance Partner – Store Accounting & Commissions to join our Team in the Finance Delivery Centre. This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual who enjoys solving problems, working with complex systems, and turning large volumes of financial data into clear insights and actions. With our Agile way of working, you will be part of a team of financial and data experts supporting the marketing, device, and consumer channels functions of the business.

Day to day you will be involved in: 

·         Month-end accounting for our retail stores, ensuring results are accurate, timely, and clearly explained.

·         Complete monthly balance sheet reconciliations and bank reconciliations, identifying and resolving variances through strong investigation and problem-solving skills.

·         Deliver key financial tasks including month-end journals, accruals, reporting, forecasting, and analysis across large and complex data sets.

·         Work closely with stakeholders in Store Operations and Mass Market Retail Operations to understand issues, challenge assumptions, and provide practical finance support.

·         Lead audit and compliance activity throughout the year, using strong system understanding and attention to detail to support robust controls.

·         Provide support to the channels area of the business on ad hoc tasks, investigations, and analysis where financial insight or data interpretation is required.

What experience you'll bring?

·         A relevant tertiary qualification in Finance or Accounting; CA qualification or working towards CA would be advantageous.

·         Strong Excel capability, with confidence working across large data sets, reconciliations, and detailed financial analysis.

·         Experience using finance and data systems such as Xero, Power BI, Power Automate, and SQL would be advantageous.

·         A strong analytical and problem-solving mindset, with the ability to investigate issues, connect data points, identify root causes, and develop practical solutions.

·         Confident working with complexity across systems, processes, and data, and able to make effective decisions despite constraints such as limited time or competing priorities.

·         Continuously look for opportunities to improve processes, automate manual tasks, and simplify how information flows across systems and teams.

·         Positive, proactive, and accountable, with strong relationship management and communication skills and the ability to explain complex financial or data-driven information in a simple way.

WHY CHOOSE US: 

Diversity and Inclusion: Te Kanorau me te Whakawhāiti mai 

At Spark, we are constantly looking for ways to build a more inclusive culture.  Our vision is for diversity and inclusion to be "how things are done at Spark", embedded into our day-to-day activities, standards, and business practices.  We want you to feel totally comfortable bringing your whole self to work regardless of your gender, ethnicity, orientation, age, or ability. 

Sustainability: Toitū

 Sustainability is a key focus for us.  We are dedicated to supporting Aotearoa New Zealand's recovery and economic transformation.  The principle of equity is at the very heart of our approach, and we remain committed to working in partnership to make a positive contribution to digital equity in line with our focus on Diversity and Inclusion. 

Benefits: Awhina 

 Our people matter and we make sure we look after them. As a valued employee of Spark, we've got our people covered with a range of leading benefits including: 

• Wellbeing - Comprehensive medical insurance, life and income protection.  Access to wellbeing coaches, EAP and in-house Specialist Clinical support through our leading Mahi Tahi Wellness programme. 

• Hybrid ways of working - for most teams at Spark this means being in the office for 4 days a week, and 1 day being flexible. 

• Leave - in addition to four weeks annual leave, we offer purchased leave, enhanced parental leave support and study leave.

• Spark Credit – we provide permanent employees with $120 monthly Spark credit to use on any of our amazing products. 

• Spark Share scheme – periodically we offer the opportunity to buy into our share scheme. 

• Career development – access to an internal marketplace that connects employees with experiential, on the job learning across Spark.

Due to the nature and urgency of this role, we are only considering applicants that are based in New Zealand with permanent residency, citizenship, or a valid work visa (with at least 18 months remaining).